Sheinbaum Avoids Confronting Trump After He Labels Mexico as the 'Epicenter' of Drug Trafficking
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
President Claudia Sheinbaum avoided confronting her U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, on Wednesday after he accused Mexico of being the 'epicenter' of drug trafficking and demanded regaining territorial control against the cartels. She noted that she could also question the U.S. for its illicit drug consumption and arms production. 'We could say, I could say: 'It's very difficult to live next to a country that has such a high level of illicit drug consumption.' Or I could say: 'It's very difficult to live next to a country that has so much arms production,' ' Sheinbaum stated. 'But I’m not going to say it. I’m not going to say it,' she expressed during her morning press conference. Sheinbaum's comments came in response to Trump's statements during the UN General Assembly, where the U.S. president claimed on Tuesday that Mexico is 'the epicenter of cartel violence.' Trump deemed it 'unacceptable' to share a 2,000-mile border with a territory that he claimed is 'controlled by enemy cartels.'
AI summary · Source: Telemundo McAllen (KTLM) →
